96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4636

 

Introduced , by Rep. Richard P. Myers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 150/95

    Amends the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act. Accelerates by one year (from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2011) the date upon which certain prohibitions regarding the disposal of electronic products take effect. Makes corresponding changes to the period during which county governments and action agencies may petition the Illinois Pollution Control Board for a temporary waiver from these prohibitions and during which the holders of waivers are exempted from enforcement proceedings. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act
5 is amended by changing Section 95 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 150/95)
7     Sec. 95. Landfill ban.
8     (a) Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection (e) of
9 this Section, and beginning January 1, 2011 2012, no person may
10 knowingly cause or allow the mixing of a CED, or any other
11 computer, computer monitor, printer, or television with
12 municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill.
13     (b) Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection (e) of
14 this Section, and beginning January 1, 2011 2012, no person may
15 knowingly cause or allow the disposal of a CED or any other
16 computer, computer monitor, printer, or television in a
17 sanitary landfill.
18     (c) Beginning January 1, 2011 2012, no person may knowingly
19 cause or allow the mixing of a CED, or any other computer,
20 computer monitor, printer, or television with waste that is
21 intended for disposal by burning or incineration.
22     (d) Beginning January 1, 2011 2012, no person may knowingly
23 cause or allow the burning or incineration of a CED, or any

 

 

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1 other computer, computer monitor, printer, or television.
2     (e) Beginning April 1, 2011 2012 but no later than December
3 31, 2012 2013, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board) is
4 authorized to review temporary CED landfill ban waiver
5 petitions by county governments or municipal joint action
6 agencies (action agencies) and determine whether the
7 respective county's or action agency's jurisdiction may be
8 granted a temporary CED landfill ban waiver due to a lack of
9 funds and a lack of collection opportunities to collect CEDs
10 and EEDs within the county's or action agency's jurisdiction.
11 If the Board grants a waiver under this subsection (e),
12 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall not apply to CEDs
13 and EEDs that are taken out of service from residences within
14 the jurisdiction of the county or action agency receiving the
15 waiver and disposed of during the remainder of the program year
16 in which the petition is filed.
17         (1) The petition from the county or action agency shall
18     include the following:
19             (A) documentation of the county's or action
20         agency's attempts to gain funding, as well as the total
21         funding obtained, for the collection of CEDs and EEDs
22         in its jurisdiction from manufacturers or other units
23         of government in the State; and
24             (B) an assessment of other collection
25         opportunities in the county's or action agency's
26         jurisdiction demonstrating insufficient capacity for

 

 

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1         the anticipated volume of CEDs and EEDs for the
2         remainder of the program year in which the petition is
3         being filed.
4         (2) In addition to the criteria listed in item (1), the
5     Board shall consider the following additional criteria
6     when reviewing a petition:
7             (A) total weight of CEDs and EEDs collected in the
8         county's or action agency's jurisdiction during all
9         preceding program years;
10             (B) total weight of CEDs and EEDs collected in the
11         county's or action agency's jurisdiction during the
12         year in which the petition is filed; and
13             (C) the projected difference in weight between
14         prior program years and the year in which the petition
15         is filed.
16         (3) Within 60 days after the filing of the petition
17     with the Board, the Board shall determine, based on the
18     criteria in items (1) and (2), whether a temporary CED
19     landfill ban waiver shall be granted to the respective
20     county or action agency for the remainder of the program
21     year in which the petition is filed. The Board's decision
22     to grant such a waiver shall be based upon a showing by
23     clear and convincing evidence that a county or action
24     agency has a lack of funds and its respective jurisdiction
25     lacks sufficient collection opportunities to collect CEDs
26     and EEDs. If the Board denies the petition for a landfill

 

 

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1     ban waiver, the Board's order shall be final and
2     immediately appealable to the circuit court having
3     jurisdiction over the petitioner.
4         (4) Within 5 days after granting a temporary CED
5     landfill ban waiver, the Board shall provide written notice
6     to the Agency of the Board's decision. The notice shall be
7     provided at least 15 days prior to the waiver taking
8     effect.
9         (5) Any county or action agency granted a temporary CED
10     landfill ban waiver shall, within 7 days after receiving
11     the waiver, inform all solid waste haulers and landfill
12     operators used by the county or action agency for solid
13     waste disposal that a waiver has been granted for the
14     remainder of the program year. The notification shall be
15     provided to the solid waste haulers and landfill operators
16     at least 15 days prior to the waiver taking effect.
17         (6) Between April 1, 2011 2012 and December 31, 2012
18     2013, if a temporary CED landfill ban waiver has been
19     granted to a petitioner, no person disposing of a CED shall
20     be subject to any enforcement proceeding unless he or she
21     disposes of the CED with knowledge that the CED is from a
22     county or action agency that has not received a temporary
23     CED landfill ban waiver.
24 (Source: P.A. 95-959, eff. 9-17-08.)
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.